The Arabic version of the Cheat-sheet was translated by Lalla Khadija. <br />

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The Cheat-sheet was translated into Arabic by Lalla Khadija. <br />

[[File:Arabic-Cheat-Sheet.png|alt=Image shows the Arabic version of the TED Translators cheat sheet table with subtitle standards]].

[[File:Arabic-Cheat-Sheet.png|alt=Image shows the Arabic version of the TED Translators cheat sheet table with subtitle standards]].

==Burmese==

==Burmese==

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The Cheat-sheet was translated into Burmese by Sann Tint.

[[File:Burmese-Cheat-Sheet.png|alt=Image shows the Burmese version of the TED Translators cheat sheet table with subtitle standards]].

[[File:Burmese-Cheat-Sheet.png|alt=Image shows the Burmese version of the TED Translators cheat sheet table with subtitle standards]].

==Chinese, Simplified==

==Chinese, Simplified==

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The Cheat-sheet was translated into Simplified Chinese by Coco Shen.

[[File:ChineseS-Cheat-Sheet.png|alt=Image shows the Chinese, Simplified version of the TED Translators cheat sheet table with subtitle standards]].

[[File:ChineseS-Cheat-Sheet.png|alt=Image shows the Chinese, Simplified version of the TED Translators cheat sheet table with subtitle standards]].

==Chinese, Traditional==

==Chinese, Traditional==

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The Cheat-sheet was translated into Traditional Chinese by Coco Shen.

[[File:ChineseTr-Cheat-Sheet.png|alt=Image shows the Chinese, Traditional version of the TED Translators cheat sheet table with subtitle standards]].

[[File:ChineseTr-Cheat-Sheet.png|alt=Image shows the Chinese, Traditional version of the TED Translators cheat sheet table with subtitle standards]].

==Dutch==

==Dutch==

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The Cheat-sheet was translated into Dutch by Peter van de Ven.

[[File:Dutch-Cheat-Sheet.png|alt=Image shows the Dutch version of the TED Translators cheat sheet table with subtitle standards]].

[[File:Dutch-Cheat-Sheet.png|alt=Image shows the Dutch version of the TED Translators cheat sheet table with subtitle standards]].

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==French==

==French==

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The Cheat-sheet was translated into French by Eric Vautier.

[[File:French-Cheat-Sheet.png|alt=Image shows the French version of the TED Translators cheat sheet table with subtitle standards]].

[[File:French-Cheat-Sheet.png|alt=Image shows the French version of the TED Translators cheat sheet table with subtitle standards]].

==Georgian==

==Georgian==

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The Cheat-sheet was translated into Georgian by Levan Lashauri.

[[File:Georgian-Cheat-Sheet.png|alt=Image shows the Georgian version of the TED Translators cheat sheet table with subtitle standards]].

[[File:Georgian-Cheat-Sheet.png|alt=Image shows the Georgian version of the TED Translators cheat sheet table with subtitle standards]].

==German==

==German==

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The Cheat-sheet was translated into German by Angelika Lueckert Leon.

[[File:German-Cheat-Sheet.png|alt=Image shows the German version of the TED Translators cheat sheet table with subtitle standards]].

[[File:German-Cheat-Sheet.png|alt=Image shows the German version of the TED Translators cheat sheet table with subtitle standards]].

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==Italian==

==Italian==

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The Cheat-sheet was translated into Italian by Anna Crisiana Minoli.

[[File:Italian-Cheat-Sheet.png|alt=Image shows the Italian version of the TED Translators cheat sheet table with subtitle standards]].

[[File:Italian-Cheat-Sheet.png|alt=Image shows the Italian version of the TED Translators cheat sheet table with subtitle standards]].

==Japanese==

==Japanese==

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The Cheat-sheet was translated into Japanese by Riaki Poništ.

[[File:Japanese-Cheat-Sheet.png|alt=Image shows the Japanese version of the TED Translators cheat sheet table with subtitle standards]].

[[File:Japanese-Cheat-Sheet.png|alt=Image shows the Japanese version of the TED Translators cheat sheet table with subtitle standards]].

==Kazakh==

==Kazakh==

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The Cheat-sheet was translated into Kazakh by Asquat Yerkimbay.

[[File:Kazakh-Cheat-Sheet.png|alt=Image shows the Kazakh version of the TED Translators cheat sheet table with subtitle standards]].

[[File:Kazakh-Cheat-Sheet.png|alt=Image shows the Kazakh version of the TED Translators cheat sheet table with subtitle standards]].

==Korean==

==Korean==

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The Cheat-sheet was translated into Korean by Jihyeon J. Kim.

[[File:Korean-Cheat-Sheet.png|alt=Image shows the Korean version of the TED Translators cheat sheet table with subtitle standards]].

[[File:Korean-Cheat-Sheet.png|alt=Image shows the Korean version of the TED Translators cheat sheet table with subtitle standards]].

==Kurdish==

==Kurdish==

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The Cheat-sheet was translated into Kurdish by Ahmed Alyousify.

[[File:Kurdish-Cheat-Sheet.jpg|alt=Image shows the Kurdish version of the TED Translators cheat sheet table with subtitle standards]].

[[File:Kurdish-Cheat-Sheet.jpg|alt=Image shows the Kurdish version of the TED Translators cheat sheet table with subtitle standards]].

==Latvian==

==Latvian==

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The Cheat-sheet was translated into Latvian by Kristaps Kadiķis.

[[File:Latvian-Cheat-Sheet.png|alt=Image shows the Latvian version of the TED Translators cheat sheet table with subtitle standards]].

[[File:Latvian-Cheat-Sheet.png|alt=Image shows the Latvian version of the TED Translators cheat sheet table with subtitle standards]].

==Lithuanian==

==Lithuanian==

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The Cheat-sheet was translated into Lithuanian by Andrius Druzinis-Vitkus.

[[File:Lithuanian-Cheat-Sheet.png|alt=Image shows the Lithuanian version of the TED Translators cheat sheet table with subtitle standards]].

[[File:Lithuanian-Cheat-Sheet.png|alt=Image shows the Lithuanian version of the TED Translators cheat sheet table with subtitle standards]].

==Macedonian==

==Macedonian==

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The Cheat-sheet was translated into Macedonian by Aleksandar Mitevski.

[[File:Macedonian-Cheat-Sheet.png|alt=Image shows the Macedonian version of the TED Translators cheat sheet table with subtitle standards]].

[[File:Macedonian-Cheat-Sheet.png|alt=Image shows the Macedonian version of the TED Translators cheat sheet table with subtitle standards]].

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==Portuguese, Brazilian==

==Portuguese, Brazilian==

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The Cheat-sheet was translated into Brazilian Portuguese by Leonardo Silva.

[[File:Pt-Br-Cheat-Sheet.png|alt=Image shows the Brazilian Portuguese version of the TED Translators cheat sheet table with subtitle standards]].

[[File:Pt-Br-Cheat-Sheet.png|alt=Image shows the Brazilian Portuguese version of the TED Translators cheat sheet table with subtitle standards]].

Revision as of 13:29, 8 November 2016

This "cheat sheet" represents best practices in subtitling in our TED Translators program. Note that the character number values refer to languages which use a Latin script, and may differ for languages written in other scripts (often being lower than the max numbers below). For length and reading speed rules for your non-Latin script language, consult your language's page on OTPedia, your Language Coordinators or fellow volunteers in your language's Facebook group. Below, you will find a few versions of the Cheat-sheet that you can adapt for your language.

The Cheat-sheet contains all of the main TED Translators technical subtitling standards

Templates

Below, you will find links to various versions of the sheet that you can translate into your own language (once you're done, share your version with us at translate@ted.com so that we can include it below).

Wiki table

Open this article for editing, copy the code and paste it into a new article to create a version for your language. You can learn more about editing OTPedia in this guide and more about customizing such tables here (if you wish to add or merge fields, or align the sheet with text in a specific way).

Cheat-sheet

Subtitle duration

1-7 seconds

Max reading speed

21 characters/s

Max number of lines

2

Max line length

42 characters

Max subtitle length

84 characters

Subtitle start

Not over 100 ms before speech

Line-breaking

Don't split linguistic units

Line-length balance

One line can't be shorterthan 50% of the other

Subtitle structure

Don't merge end and beginningof two sentences

Text segmentation

Don't split sentences too muchif not necessary for length/speed

Sound representation

(Parentheses)

On-screen text

[Square brackets]

Image formats

Instead of the Wiki table above, you can use the image format designed by Dimitra Papageorgiou. If you know how to use Adobe Photoshop or the free, multi-platform graphics-editing software GIMP, you can easily adapt this image format for your language (the text layers are editable in the PSD and XCF files).